If you watched Legally Blonde as an impressionable youngster, there's a possibility you tried the bend-and-snap IRL or felt inspired to attend law school. But more importantly, the film offers a handful of fashion lessons that can still be applied today, like businesswear doesn't always equal stuffy suits, and orange can never truly replace pink.
So when Reese Witherspoon paid tribute to the film's 15-year anniversary with a sweet quote, we were inspired to look back at the movie that taught us so much. Read on for the tips and tricks we carried with us into adulthood, then check out how Reese nails street style on a regular basis.
It helps Elle from being tricked by a sneaky saleswoman at the beginning of the movie.
"It's impossible to use a half-loop stitching on low-viscosity rayon. It would snag the fabric. And you didn't just get it in — I saw it in the June Vogue a year ago. So if you're trying to sell it to me for full price, you've picked the wrong girl."
BOOM — owned.
For example: Margot offers Elle her lucky scrunchy to pass the LSATs. Like, how nice is that?!
To each their own, y'know? Classic or statement making — it just depends on your style! These two opposites end up as BFFs.
Even post-breakup, Elle would rather ride back with Warner than ruin her cute pumps while walking. Good call, girl — can you imagine the blisters?!
Solange Knowles may have shown us this color is completely wearable, but pink truly is a classic.
Elle may be after a superserious job, but that doesn't stop her from going all out when it comes to her outfits. Instead, she finds the happy medium between fashionable and work-appropriate, adding ties to her menswear-inspired looks and rocking classic wrapdresses in bright pink.
Wearing a bunny costume to a noncostume party could potentially be extremely embarrassing, but Elle continues to show confidence — and then goes laptop shopping in it! Her pink outfits and floral-embellished accessories refuse to blend in with the crowd, and that turns out to be a very good thing!
Think he's going to propose? Go shopping. Just got accepted to assist your professor on a major trial? "Excuse me, I have some shopping to do."
Elle's is pink. Kate Middleton's is blue. This is a style choice many power women have mastered.
If there's one trick Elle uses to spice up all her outfits, it's accessories. A cute hat, a necklace, and, in some cases, a tie can really take a look from meh to magical.
And while we don't condone this, it may even catch your ex's attention while you watch on the field.
Elle does make a stereotypical assumption that "gay men know designers, straight men don't" when Enrique points out her "last-season Prada shoes," but it turns out she's right — he isn't Brooke's lover. That's when the case begins falling apart.
Bruiser's outfits are ones we'd totally wear ourselves.